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6th grade Science- D11 schools, Colorado Springs, C) 28 words

August 24, 2009 By Sarah H. (Colorado Springs, CO)
Academic Word list for all 6th grade science classes across the district in D-11 Colorado Springs, Co.
The phrases: food web,kinetic energy,periodic table, potential energy....were not available to be defined in Visual Thesaurus. I entered individual words, but meaning may be lost without combination. Seek teachers' definitions.

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  1. atom
    (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element
  2. calculate
    make a mathematical calculation or computation
  3. constructive
    constructing or tending to construct or improve or promote development
  4. consumer
    a person who uses goods or services
  5. density
    the amount per unit size
  6. destructive
    causing destruction or much damage
  7. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
  8. erosion
    (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it)
  9. gravity
    (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface
  10. hypothesis
    a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
  11. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces associated therewith
  12. energy
    forceful exertion
  13. matter
    that which has mass and occupies space
  14. molecule
    (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
  15. neutron
    an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
  16. periodic
    happening or recurring at regular intervals
  17. table
    a piece of furniture having a smooth flat top that is usually supported by one or more vertical legs
  18. potential
    existing in possibility
  19. procedure
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  20. proton
    a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
  21. rate
    a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
  22. relationship
    a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
  23. safety
    the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
  24. species
    (biology) taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  25. speed
    a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
  26. transfer
    move from one place to another
  27. velocity
    distance travelled per unit time
  28. volume
    the property of something that is great in magnitude